An F-16 has two ventral fins attached to the aft belly of the fuselage.
Credit: Staff Sgt. Ceaira Tinsley
Collins Aerospace will build a thermoplastic ventral fin on the Lockheed Martin F-16 for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the company said on Oct. 13. The Raytheon Technologies division will use a specialized welding process to create the ventral fin during the three-year contract at a...
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